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Evercore (EVR) Competitors

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$301.43 +0.54 (+0.18%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS

Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.

Evercore vs.

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evercore$2.43B4.73$255.48M$7.7938.68
Raymond James$14.92B2.24$2.07B$9.7116.70

86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Raymond James had 23 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Raymond James and 4 mentions for Evercore. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Evercore's score of -1.00 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Evercore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Raymond James
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Evercore presently has a consensus price target of $270.40, indicating a potential downside of 10.26%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $140.91, indicating a potential downside of 13.12%. Given Evercore's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Evercore is more favorable than Raymond James.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Evercore
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Raymond James
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Evercore pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evercore has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Evercore has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Raymond James received 163 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EvercoreOutperform Votes
521
63.30%
Underperform Votes
302
36.70%
Raymond JamesOutperform Votes
684
58.26%
Underperform Votes
490
41.74%

Raymond James has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Evercore's net margin of 11.45%. Evercore's return on equity of 20.20% beat Raymond James' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evercore11.45% 20.20% 10.31%
Raymond James 13.86%19.61%2.65%

Summary

Raymond James beats Evercore on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EVR vs. The Competition

MetricEvercoreInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.47B$12.24B$10.49B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.07%23.94%10.13%3.54%
P/E Ratio38.6833.8349.1042.58
Price / Sales4.735.173,451.4818.15
Price / Cash40.4919.4030.2717.85
Price / Book6.384.732.745.66
Net Income$255.48M$298.28M$991.93M$984.91M
7 Day Performance-0.17%-0.14%-0.33%-0.16%
1 Month Performance5.33%-0.13%1.82%0.18%
1 Year Performance107.21%33.81%23.56%23.71%

Evercore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EVR
Evercore
4.4666 of 5 stars
$301.43
+0.2%
$270.40
-10.3%
+107.3%$11.48B$2.43B38.692,195Insider Trade
Negative News
RJF
Raymond James
4.8086 of 5 stars
$162.18
-0.3%
$140.91
-13.1%
+56.1%$33.49B$14.92B16.7018,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.7592 of 5 stars
$317.05
+0.8%
$286.92
-9.5%
+40.8%$23.55B$10.05B23.848,400Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.7532 of 5 stars
$113.42
+0.2%
$103.17
-9.0%
+84.3%$11.58B$4.35B20.519,000
LAZ
Lazard
4.638 of 5 stars
$54.95
-0.1%
$53.00
-3.5%
+105.0%$6.20B$2.52B21.893,291
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.5883 of 5 stars
$334.13
-0.4%
$193.00
-42.2%
+118.0%$5.94B$1.35B35.701,725Positive News
BGC
BGC Group
3.2885 of 5 stars
$10.13
-2.2%
N/A+128.7%$4.86B$2.15B40.523,895News Coverage
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.9497 of 5 stars
$60.12
+0.1%
N/A+51.7%$621.05M$1.37B9.352,942
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
flat
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259News Coverage
Positive News
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8926 of 5 stars
$131.69
-0.4%
$112.94
-14.2%
+65.2%$212.16B$54.61B20.0480,000
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9827 of 5 stars
$581.93
+0.1%
$535.75
-7.9%
+71.4%$182.67B$108.42B17.0845,300Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:EVR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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